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We wish to appoint a member of staff to join our dynamic, research active, and highly regarded team of academic and clinical staff. The appointment will be at the lecturer or senior lecturer level (applicants should indicate the level at which they are applying).

You will be committed to high quality, innovative academic teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. You will have research experience in typical or atypical speech or/and language or a closely related area.

You will have: - a PhD in Language Pathology, Linguistics, Psychology or related area. - high quality research experience and ability to develop a strong research profile (lecturer), evidence of attracting research funding (for appointment at senior level). - experience, commitment and enthusiasm for the field of language development and impairment, some knowledge of the field of speech and language therapy. - a significant number of publications in high quality journals (for appointment at senior level), evidence of growing publications (for appointment at lecturer level). - experience of teaching at UG and TPG level and (for appointment at senior level) experience of doctoral supervision. - the ability to work collegially and across disciplines. - an SLT qualification would be welcome but is not essential.

The Department of Clinical Language Sciences has a wide range of research interests within the field of speech and language development and disorders across the lifespan. Recent research has focused on characterising development and disorders in adults and children, developing assessments and designing clinical interventions. According to the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) published in December 2008, the quality of 85% of our research activity was considered to be internationally recognised with 10% of this being assessed as 'world-leading'.

Our Department is housed in a purpose-designed building with excellent research facilities. These include laboratories, a purpose built high quality speech booth and a brand new suite of clinical rooms with excellent observation facilities and audio-visual recording equipment. We are affiliated with the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience & Neurodynamics (CINN), which undertakes interdisciplinary research into the psychological and physiological mechanisms underpinning complex cognitive behaviours, targeting typical and atypical development and decline.

This post is in addition to the one advertised in March 2010.

Additional information (job description, person specification for lecturer/senior lecturer level) can be found at the University web-site - see link below.